10-09-2019, 08:14 PM
macphanatic wrote:
[quote=rz]
[quote=August West]
Are you implying that if a woman has had consensual sex with an individual, the individual cannot commit an act of rape against the woman in the future?
But the problem is, it happened the other way around. I am not saying I doubt her account of what happened. What has me puzzled is why, after having been allegedly been raped by Lauer, did she enter a consensual relationship with him? To me, that defies logic.
Exactly.
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....indeed....probably low self-esteem.....
Or was she using Lauer to advance her career?
I am in no way defending Lauer or his behavior. I just don't understand how someone who has been victimized continues to have a relationship with their attacker.
Basically you are asking the same question that is asked about women in abusive relationships, the answer is for many varied reasons. Many of those reasons are related to the continuing power imbalance dynamic between men and women.